Mises Wire

Banks Are Lending Less Money, and That's a Formula for Recession

Money and Banks

Blog05/18/2023

A new Fed survey shows that banks are cutting back on lending big time. Over the past thirty-five years, this almost always predicts recession. Our economy can't survive without endless new infusions of easy money. 

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The "Buy Black" Movement: Divisive or a Boon to Black Entrepreneurs?

The EntrepreneurFree MarketsEntrepreneurship

Blog05/18/2023

Calls for black consumers to "Buy Black" can be interpreted as socially divisive, but they are also a way to encourage black entrepreneurs in a free market.

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Living by a Premise

Economic FreedomFree MarketsLibertarianism

Blog05/18/2023

More than forty years ago, Leonard Read urged graduates of Hillsdale College to find a premise, a belief in a universal idea of liberty.

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End the FBI

Blog05/17/2023

The Durham report reminds us it is well past time for a more realistic assessment of the FBI for what it is: a costly, unnecessary, unconstitutional, and incompetent agency. 

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Understanding Relationships between Money Supply and Liquidity

Monetary TheoryMoney Supply

Blog05/17/2023

Can the injection of new money into the economic system enhance economic growth? Not really. Increasing (or decreasing) the money supply affects the demand for money but doesn't make us wealthier.

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Energy and Economic Efficiency: The Market versus the Politicization of Our Energy Futures

Bureaucracy and RegulationCronyism and CorporatismThe EnvironmentProgressivism

Blog05/17/2023

Radical environmentalists have convinced people that we are doomed if we continue to use fossil fuels. We are doomed if we stop using them.

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The Failure of Public Works and Public Funding

Bureaucracy and RegulationEconomic FreedomHayekCalculation and Knowledge

Blog05/16/2023

Shoddy service, regular breakdowns, and overbudget to boot. There is a reason why government-funded projects always waste resources.

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The Putrid Underbelly of Woke Capitalism

Cronyism and CorporatismMedia and CultureProgressivism

Blog05/16/2023

American corporations are lavishing billions of dollars on leftist groups in the name of "equity." But many of them also are donating to even more questionable people and causes.

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